Schopp Rovert F
University of Nebraska, College of Law, Lincoln, Nebraska 68583-0902, USA.
Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2003 Jun;989:324-36; discussion 352-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb07315.x.
Legal institutions in the Western liberal tradition ordinarily rely primarily on the criminal justice system to address conduct by some individuals that deliberately harms other individuals. The mental health system provides an alternative institutional structure through which societies can address such harmful behavior. Those who deliberately engage in conduct that causes harm to others are traditionally addressed through either the criminal justice or mental health systems on the basis of their being categorized as either "bad or mad." This paper examines some of the relevant reasons for categorizing sexual aggression as bad or mad. It emphasizes the significance of such categorization for the broader set of legal institutions of coercive social control and for the manner in which we respond to persons within those institutions.
西方自由传统中的法律制度通常主要依靠刑事司法系统来处理某些个体故意伤害其他个体的行为。心理健康系统提供了一种替代性的制度结构，社会可以通过该结构来处理此类有害行为。那些故意实施对他人造成伤害行为的人，传统上是根据他们被归类为“坏或疯”，通过刑事司法或心理健康系统来处理的。本文探讨了将性侵犯归类为坏或疯的一些相关原因。它强调了这种分类对于更广泛的强制性社会控制法律制度以及我们在这些制度中对待人的方式的重要性。
